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Bestseller List for April 5, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending April 1, 2012
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Hardcover Fiction | Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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1. | Elegy for Eddie- Debut Jacqueline Winspear, Harper, $25.99, 9780062049575 Winspear's powerful new Maisie Dobbs mystery is an April 2012 Indie Next List Great Read. |
/1 |
2. | The Sense of an Ending Julian Barnes, Knopf, $23.95, 9780307957122 In this new novel by the author of Pulse, a middle-aged man contends with a past he has never much thought about. |
1/24 |
3. | The Art of Fielding Chad Harbach, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316126694 Harbach's outstanding debut novel about baseball, ambition, family, friendship, and commitment, is a September 2011 Indie Next List Great Read. |
4/28 |
4. | The Paris Wife Paula McLain, Ballantine , $25, 9780345521309 McLain's rewarding new novel about the marriage of Ernest and Hadley Richardson Hemingway. |
2/58 |
5. | Carry the One Carol Anshaw, S&S, $25, 9781451636888 Anshaw's novel about a tragic car accident and the lives of those involved is a March 2012 Indie Next List Great Read. |
12/2 |
6. | Stay Close Harlan Coben, Dutton, $27.95, 9780525952275 Coben's latest thriller looks at the boredom of a nice suburban life, the excitement of temptation, and the desperation and hunger that lurks behind even the prettiest facades. |
3/2 |
7. | The Marriage Plot Jeffrey Eugenides, FSG, $28, 9780374203054 An impressive new novel about the lives of three seniors at Brown University in the early 1980s by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Middlesex. |
8/25 |
8. | Death Comes to Pemberley P.D. James, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307959850 James draws the characters of Jane Austen's beloved novel Pride and Prejudice into a tale of murder and emotional mayhem. |
5/17 |
9. | A Dance With Dragons George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $35, 9780553801477 The magnificent fifth book of Martin's epic fantasy, A Song of Ice and Fire. |
9/28 |
10. | The Expats Chris Pavone, Crown, $26, 9780307956354 Pavone's thriller about an American abroad who finds herself in a complex web of intrigue is a March 2012 Indie Next List Great Read. |
7/4 |
11. | Lone Wolf Jodi Picoult, Atria, $28, 9781439102749 Picoult's latest novel describes the nature of family: the love, protection, and strength it can offer -- and the price we might have to pay for those gifts. |
6/5 |
12. | Guilty Wives- Debut James Patterson, David Ellis, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316097567 A young woman's vacation with friends becomes a fight for survival. |
/1 |
13. | The Night Circus Erin Morgenstern, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385534635 Morgenstern's spell-casting debut novel about a mysterious circus and a duel between two young magicians is a September 2011 Indie Next List Great Read. |
10/29 |
14. | State of Wonder Ann Patchett, Harper, $26.99, 9780062049803 The provocative new novel, set deep in the Amazon jungle, by the author of Bel Canto. |
11/43 |
15. | 11/22/63 Stephen King, Scribner, $35, 9781451627282 King's dramatic new novel about a man who travels back in time to prevent the JFK assassination. |
13/21 |
ON THE RISE | ||
24. | Lover Reborn J.R. Ward, NAL, $27.95, 9780451235848 The 10th novel in Ward's Black Dagger Brotherhood series. |
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